TITLE:
The History of 13 Greek-Owned Shipping Companies, Evaluated by Management, plus a Case-Study
AUTHORS:
Alexandros M. Goulielmos
KEYWORDS:
The History of 13 Greek-Owned Shipping Companies, The 107 USA Liberty-Type Ships “Lent-Leased” to Greeks (1947), The Split Up Syndrome, The 3 Corporate Growth Strategies, The Game of Assets, The Renewal Strategy, The “Learning” Curve, The Nonlinear Balance Sheets/Return on Assets (ROA), A Case-Study
JOURNAL NAME:
Modern Economy,
Vol.16 No.5,
May
28,
2025
ABSTRACT: We presented the business lives of 13 Greek-owned Shipping Companies. The aim was to reveal their strategies since their foundation. This is a small sample from a greater number of about 150 companies. We compared their strategies with those suggested by Management. We found that the majority of the companies were afraid of 4 situations: 1) to proceed to new shipbuildings, 2) the premature death of their owner, 3) the Stock Exchanges’ taking-over and 4) the shipping depressions. We distinguished the companies by their growth and underlined those that “made Greece a great shipping Nation again after its 2nd WW” almost total destruction.